Lake Township, Benzie County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,010 ft 305 m900 ft 275 m850 ft 260 m740 ft 225 m630 ft 195 m580 ft 175 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- Elevation
- Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
- Satellite
- A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
- 3D
- Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
- Click or tap anywhere
- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- Township area
- Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).
Elevation Data
Lake Township, Benzie County sits at about 600 ft (185 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
600 ft 185 m
most residents: 590–880 ft
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,010 ft 305 m
on the northeast side
Average
640 ft 195 m
all land inside township boundaries
Lake Township, Benzie County spans about 430 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 600 ft185 m |
| Highest point Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side | 1,010 ft305 m |
| Lowest point Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side | 580 ft175 m |
| Airport (FKS) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.6 mi southwest of the township boundaries | 633 ft193 m |
| Average of all land | 640 ft195 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
5.6 mi south to north through the middle of Lake Township, Benzie County.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Township in Benzie County, Michigan, United States
- Population
- 711 2024 est.
- Land area
- 23.4 sq mi + 11.7 sq mi water
- Density
- 30 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 44.6957° N, 86.1466° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Airport
- Frankfort Dow Memorial Field (FKS) 633 ft
- ZIP codes 3
- 49617 49635 49640
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Platte Township790 ft
- Crystal Downs Country Club780 ft
- Benzonia770 ft
- Crystal Lake Township710 ft
- Benzonia Township710 ft
- Beulah660 ft
- Pilgrim630 ft
- Frankfort620 ft
- Honor620 ft
- Elberta610 ft
- Lake Township, Benzie County600 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Michigan1,871st highest of 1,985
- Towns in Benzie Countylowest of 26
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Varney Hill1,120 ft
- Old Baldy Dune1,120 ft
- Sleeping Bear Dunes1,090 ft
- The Sleeping Bear1,010 ft
- Tank Hill790 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
- Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census township boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
- Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
- Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
- Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.